AFK Camping

[Elian]

Well heres what happen ... some people may know I camp Gynok a lot. I kill the PH and normally leave the game running while I work, 6mo baby, or wife. I am always there before respawn unless an emergency then I am perfectly fine with whoever else is there grabbing the mob or camp.

However yesterday was the first time I encountered a douchebag while camping this infamous mummy. He came in asked me if I was camping then when I didn't answer immanently he sits right in front of me in between the spawn and I. So when I return I have a humans ass in my face with 5 tells about how he is gonna report me for AFK spawn camping. He then begins an argument about the rules ....I told him their only problem with AFK waiting for a spawn is that some douchebags have a problem with it ... thats almost an exact quote from the page listing "Camps, Defined" I inform him that the word "rule" is not listed on the page and they are more like guidelines. Just polite etiquette to follow while camping.

Truthfully ... am I being unreasonable? I really enjoyed playing this game way back when and I still do now ... just times have changed. I no longer have the time to group or do anything that requires me to be at the keyboard for hours at a time. New baby, new wife, new place, job, and everything in between. I consider myself lucky I can log on at all ...but to be hassled and harassed because I only have the time to play the game 30 seconds out of 16 minute spawn at a time. I dont have a problem with server policies or rules ....just a problem with douchebags threatening to report me and misquoting "rules" because I didnt answer his question fast enough or he really wants the camp? I would have happily given up to him like I had done countless times just because I cant sit there for hours on the computer.

Please input....just wanna know others take on this.

[skorge]

as long as you kill the mob when it pops then i dont see any problems with this

[Dragonthorne]

Honestly, think you need to spend time with your new wife and new baby, and stop worrying about EQ so much...just my opinion.

You are AFK camping, probably something where you and said other person would need to agree on how to share...

[Sethius]

From "Camps, Defined":

"6. AFK camping is not respected and is frowned upon, if caught afk camping you will be booted to the character select screen."

I can understand your plight, I am not always at my keyboard during play due to being busy (especially while medding though I don't afk camp).

However, Number 6 does say this is not respected and is frowned upon. The guidelines/rules or whatever they are, are what they are (and the GM's do a pretty awesome job here I think).

He doesn't sound too much like a douchebag (not having seen the chat myself), it does say in number 6 above that if you are caught afk camping you will be booted to the login screen. Basically he should have just reported you and got you booted, rather than fighting with you. Then the camp would be his as long as he wanted to camp it not afk.

This seems pretty straight forward based on Number 6 of the "Camps, Defined" thread, doesn't it?

[Elian]

Originally Posted by Dragonthorne [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Honestly, think you need to spend time with your new wife and new baby, and stop worrying about EQ so much...just my opinion.

You are AFK camping, probably something where you and said other person would need to agree on how to share...

How can you make an assumption that I dont spend time with them, then, based on that assumption criticize me? You dont have enough information about my personal life to create such theories.

Originally Posted by Sethius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

From "Camps, Defined":

"6. AFK camping is not respected and is frowned upon, if caught afk camping you will be booted to the character select screen."

I can understand your plight, I am not always at my keyboard during play due to being busy (especially while medding though I don't afk camp).

However, Number 6 does say this is not respected and is frowned upon. The guidelines/rules or whatever they are, are what they are (and the GM's do a pretty awesome job here I think).

He doesn't sound too much like a douchebag (not having seen the chat myself), it does say in number 6 above that if you are caught afk camping you will be booted to the login screen. Basically he should have just reported you and got you booted, rather than fighting with you. Then the camp would be his as long as he wanted to camp it not afk.

This seems pretty straight forward based on Number 6 of the "Camps, Defined" thread, doesn't it?

I agree with every word here ...

[Combo]

In this situation, if I asked someone if they were camping something and didn't get an answer in 5-10 minutes, I'd take the camp. If you came back 10 minutes later and started raging, I'd probably give it back. I can understand that sometimes your cat is on fire or you need to take a 20 minute shit.

Getting harassed sucks. That's inappropriate.

But:

1.) I don't care about your job.
2.) I don't care about your baby.
3.) I don't care about your wife.

Don't pull those holier-than-thou lines that imply you have a life and people who actually can camp something don't.

I really enjoyed playing this game way back when and I still do now ... just times have changed. I no longer have the time to group or do anything that requires me to be at the keyboard for hours at a time. New baby, new wife, new place, job, and everything in between. I consider myself lucky I can log on at all ...but to be hassled and harassed because I only have the time to play the game 30 seconds out of 16 minute spawn at a time.

If you were sending me tells like this I would absolutely laugh in your face and take your camp. In my experience, 95% of the time these lines are total bullshit. And even if you're telling the truth, please see points 1, 2, and 3.

[Dragonthorne]

I'm not making any assumption...

You sit at a camp and every 16 minutes you go over to the computer to kill a mob? If I were your wife, I would wonder where in that sixteen minutes you wouldn't be doing a countdown...

Just my opinion...

[Droxx]

Originally Posted by Sethius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

From "Camps, Defined":

"6. AFK camping is not respected and is frowned upon, if caught afk camping you will be booted to the character select screen."

#6 needs to be amended, imo. It was created to help discourage afk-exping by mages and necros and other pet classes back when if a pet did all of the damage, the owner got full exp.
AFK-Camping a mob is fine in my book, as long as you're killing the mob when it pops.

[nilbog]

AFK camping ... means letting your pet kill something, over and over, while you are afk. This is frowned upon.

AFKing between spawns on a 16 minute camp? Not afk camping..

[Elian]

Originally Posted by Combo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In this situation, if I asked someone if they were camping something and didn't get an answer in 5-10 minutes, I'd take the camp. If you came back 10 minutes later and started raging, I'd probably give it back. I can understand that sometimes your cat is on fire or you need to take a 20 minute shit.

Getting harassed sucks. That's inappropriate.

But:

1.) I don't care about your job.
2.) I don't care about your baby.
3.) I don't care about your wife.

Don't pull those holier-than-thou lines that imply you have a life and people who actually can camp something don't.


If you were sending me tells like this I would absolutely laugh in your face and take your camp. In my experience, 95% of the time these lines are total bullshit. And even if you're telling the truth, please see points 1, 2, and 3.

These are one of those douchebags I mentioned....just basing this on the tone of the post and complete lack of consideration for any point except his.

Originally Posted by Dragonthorne [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm not making any assumption...

You sit at a camp and every 16 minutes you go over to the computer to kill a mob? If I were your wife, I would wonder where in that sixteen minutes you wouldn't be doing a countdown...

Just my opinion...

Phone has a stop watch...

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

AFK camping ... means letting your pet kill something, over and over, while you are afk. This is frowned upon.

AFKing between spawns on a 16 minute camp? Not afk camping..

Thank you ...QFT ...thats all the input I need